happy thanksgiving!

happy thanksgiving everyone! i'm lucky enough to have been able to head up to my parents place in roberts creek for thanksgiving! mom made us a fantastic roast chicken :) have a great long weekend!

inspiration of the day.

[original source: samesoso]

this stunning photo of actress/singer-songwriter Charlotte Gainsbourg that i found posted on a new favourite wedding blog of mine, "grey likes weddings", caught me off guard yesterday. i love the pinky cream and grey, the lush cascade of feathers next to the the patterned silk textures, very peaceful and warm.

larval poetry.

[not so great photo credits: me]

"the veliger's a lively tar, the liveliest afloat,

a whirling wheel on either side propels his little boat;

but when the danger signal warns his bustling submarine,

he stops the engine, shuts the port, and drops below unseen."

an excerpt from my favourite larval poem, about a larval snail of course, "The Ballad of the Veliger or How the Gastropod Got its Twist".  this poem, and many others, can be found in an amazing book i was so fortunate to come by a few years ago (a free giveaway left on a table in the hall in the biology department).  the book is called "larval forms and other zoological verses" by walter garstang. a modest 76 page collection of poetry devoted to the marine invertebrate (and a few vertebrates) larva.

green wedding shoes blog!

[photo credits: jamie delaine photography]

some of our wedding photos shot by jamie delaine are part of a neat new post called "pretty pretty parasols!" on the website "green wedding shoes" today!
as i mentioned before, we rented these amazing umbrellas from the fantastic bella umbrella boutique in seattle, washington. the styles we rented are #381, 477, 803, 841, 928 and 1095.
thanks again to bella umbrella, jamie delaine and to greenweddingshoes.com for including us!

side project, okanagan wedding.

[photo credits: both me.]

a friend of mine is getting married next year in kelowna, and i'm tinkering around with some centrepiece ideas. some preliminary ideas: fruit, magnolias, butterflies...

movies, part 1.

[starwars ABC artwork by tweedlebop, planet travel posters 1, 2, 3 and 4 by justin van gendersen, movie poster by andy helms]

if anyone was ever to ask me to choose my favourite movie of all time, i would have to answer, hands down, "star wars".  i grew up watching "star wars" with my family, and whenever i want to feel like i'm back home again, watching the trilogy takes me back there instantly.
now, if i had to choose which specific movie (from "a new hope", "the empire strikes back" or "return of the jedi"), it would have to be "return of the jedi". obviously i love ewoks and endor, i almost named rohe, "wicket". the forests of endor have always reminded me of british columbia, and more specifically, they remind me of the forest out front of my grandma page's house in west vancouver.  ian and i used to play out there for hours, building stick houses in the trees and pretending to win the invasion by the empire...

black & white inspiration.

[photographed by inez & vinoodh for isabel marant, seen in Vogue 2009 and 2010]
this ad campaign for isabel marant's fall/winter 2010 (and the leopard coat from autumn/winter 2009) collection really stood out to me.  it looks so effortlessly classic and i'm loving that even through the black and white, the clothing seems so vibrant and exciting. perfect for fall, cozy but strong.